“…Grazing by large herbivores is a major driver of the ecosystem processes in open landscapes worldwide (Metera, Sakowski, Słoniewski, & Romanowicz, 2010;Leiber-Sauheitl et al, 2015;Rupprecht, Gilhaus, & Hölzel, 2016). Grazing animals shape species composition through the consumption of biomass, redistribution of nutrients via deposition of dung and urine (Gillet, Kohler, Vandenberghe, & Buttler, 2010;Ma et al, 2016), soil compaction and erosion via trampling (Eichberg & Donath, 2018), and dispersal of seeds on their fur, hooves or via their dung (Couvreur, Verheyen, & Hermy, 2005;Will & Tackenberg, 2008;Freund, Carillo, Storm, & Schwabe, 2015). Via these mechanisms, grazers alter habitat conditions and create micro-habitats for plant species (Smit & Putman, 2011;Deák et al, 2017).…”